Legal Opinion

Lambert v. National Hog Co.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 4, 1919No. Appeal, No. 187PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal, No. 187, Oct. T., 1918, by the South Side Trust Company of Pittsburgh, Receiver (now trustee) in Bankruptcy of the Estate of the National Hog Company, and Albert J. Marsh et al., Creditors of the National Hog Company, from decree of C. P. Allegheny Co., Jan. T., 1918, Docket A, No. 673, dismissing exceptions to account of the receiver, T. M. Gealey, in case of H. R. Lambert et al. v. National Hog Company. Exceptions to account of receiver.

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Appeal, No. 187, Oct. T., 1918, by the South Side Trust Company of Pittsburgh, Receiver (now trustee) in Bankruptcy of the Estate of the National Hog Company, and Albert J. Marsh et al., Creditors of the National Hog Company, from decree of C. P. Allegheny Co., Jan. T., 1918, Docket A, No. 673, dismissing exceptions to account of the receiver, T. M. Gealey, in case of H. R. Lambert et al. v. National Hog Company. Exceptions to account of receiver. Before Carnahan, Cohen, MaoFarlane and Shafer, JJ. The court dismissed the exceptions. The receiver in bankruptcy and creditors of the National Hog…

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Simpson,

On bill filed the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, appointed a receiver for the National Hog Company, an insolvent corporation. Subsequently proceedings in bankruptcy were instituted in the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and a receiver and afterwards a trustee in bankruptcy were appointed by that court. These proceedings, of course, superseded the receivership in the Court *356of Common Pleas. Its receiver, however, had performed services in carrying out the purposes of his appointment, and had certain funds…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Johnson v. Southern Pacific Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1904

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Warner v. Conn (Kopp)Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
  2. Taylor v. MasonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1932
  3. Rothwell v. KnightWyoming Supreme Court · 1927
  4. Haas v. Howard Lanin MusicSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
  5. Harris v. Meek, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Centre County1929

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